Yes, it was him who met the man leading the donkey by the river.
The man looked at Bai Haitang, with bright eyes and white teeth. He was completely different from other farmers. There were calluses on the fingertips of his hands instead of the palms. This showed that it was caused by holding pens all year round instead of doing farm work all year round.
Another scholar, just like my Datong family. Bai Haitang thought to himself.
The man helped Bai Haitang up. Any posture was better than this "toad swallowing a mosquito" posture.
Isn't this ancient man particular about giving and receiving, but not kissing? How could he be so proactive?
The man squatted down, half-kneeling on the ground with one leg, took off Haitang's hairpin, inserted it again, and put it on again.
Haitang didn't know what he meant, but his behavior became more and more bold. This kind of action was simply...
It can be considered a crime in the name of "teasing".
He didn't feel anything was wrong, nor did he feel ashamed. Instead, he smiled and looked at Bai Haitang, as if he was admiring a rare scenery. There was no obscenity or disrespect in his eyes, just a kind of calmness, and a comfortable calmness...
This makes Haitang feel strange...
His face does resemble the portrait in the family letter...
Ah, could it be Datong! Datong shouldn’t be back so soon!
Moreover, the mother-in-law is waiting at the entrance of the village every day. When she enters the village, she should start organizing. She wishes that all the people in the village are her eldest son who has returned home after taking the exam. In this case, he should know. How can he be as calm as now? Looking at it,
Look at the village, every household is not doing what they are supposed to do.
What if it was really Datong? Refusing to recognize each other would lead to betrayal. Haitang was not sure, so the two of them reached a stalemate. In fact, Haitang was the only one in the stalemate. When the man saw her face, he felt like a mirror.
He still smiled so calmly, as if seeing a long-lost scenery, he couldn't get enough of it, and couldn't bear to look away.
Haitang was embarrassed by the sight, and a faint blush inevitably appeared on her face, which made her originally fair and tender skin look even more attractive, as if she had applied blush.
"I just saw a hare, and I wanted to catch it, but now I don't know where it went." Haitang broke the man's embarrassment. After hearing this, the man looked around, but there was no trace of the hare.
The cunning rabbit doesn't appear when it should appear, and appears randomly when it shouldn't.
Haitang looked around and saw that apart from the donkeys, there were two big living people, even the rabbit fur was left behind.
"Sister Haitang, Sister Haitang..." the sound of a wintersweet trumpet sounded in the distance, "The hare is running towards you, do you see it?" Her voice became a life-saving straw for Haitang to get out of her embarrassment, and she came just in time.
When Wintersweet ran to Haitang, she no longer thought about the hare, but stared at the man, her eyes almost popping out of her head.
"Da, Brother Datong!" Lamei's cry made Bai Haitang feel as if the dust had settled in his heart. Sure enough, this person was his husband-in-law Tian Datong.
"You, when did you come back?" Lamei asked.
"Just arrived." Datong replied with a smile.
"But Mrs. Tian has been waiting for you at the entrance of the village. She has been waiting for several days and has not seen you. Why are you here?" Lamei asked.
"I came back from another way. This is closer, so I left from here." Datong still answered calmly.
After knowing that the man was Datong, Haitang didn't listen to what Lamei said in the conversation with him, but looked at him, or to be precise, he looked at him.